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TITLE: HUNTERDON COUNTY NEWS - PROSECUTORS NAIL MAN WHO ROBBED FLEMINGTON BANK TUESDAY
The Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office (HCPO), Major Crimes
Unit, Flemington Borough Police Department and Raritan Township Police
Department, announced an arrest in a daytime bank robbery of the PNC
Bank, located on Rt. 202, Flemington, New Jersey. The robbery occurred
during the morning hours.
Detectives charged the following individual with committing this
criminal offense;
RUSSELL B. KROMJONG
158 IRVING PLACE, BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY
DOB/ 11/19/1965
CAUCASIAN MALE
Hunterdon County Communications was alerted by PNC Bank
personnel that an individual had entered their bank and demanded money.
The defendant fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of money and
was last seen on Rt. 202, Raritan Township.
Within a short period of time personnel from the Hunterdon County
Medical Center, Security Department, notified Hunterdon County
Communications advising the suspect was seen in the medical center
parking lot. Police Officers from Flemington Borough, Raritan Township
Police Department and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office
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responded to the medical center and took Kromjong into custody without
incident.
Kromjong was processed and charged with the following offense;
THEFT WITH THE THREAT TO HARM ANOTHER (BANK
ROBBERY), A CRIME OF THE SECOND DEGREE.
He was incarcerated in the Hunterdon County Detention Center on
$150,000 bail, no 10%.
The following police agencies assisted in this investigation;
FLEMINGTON BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT
RARITIAN TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
HCPO MAJOR CRIMES UNIT
HCPO CRIME SCENE UNIT
HUNTERDON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, SECURITY
DEPARTMENT
The defendant is presumed innocent until the matter is resolved in a court of law.